27* BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doe. 



towns. Six dollars and five cents went to 3 cities and towns 

 outside the State. Eighty persons received premiums and 

 300 gratuities. Under head of farm and pet stock $219.62 

 was awarded and $214.62 paid ; under field and garden crops 

 $7.25 was awarded and paid; under farm and garden prod- 

 ucts $197.20 was awarded and $158.65 paid; under dairy 

 products $9 was awarded and paid; under domestic manu- 

 factures $115.47 was awarded and $115.27 paid; under 

 objects other than agricultural, not specified, $25.25 was 

 awarded and paid; $779.50 was paid for trotting. The soci- 

 ety reports 879 members, — 570 males and 309 females. 

 Three farmers' institutes were held at Marshfield : January 

 3, on "The production of milk for profit," " Market gar- 

 dening " and ' ' The raising of fruit for profit ; " February 

 22, on "Crops," "The gullibility of farmers" and "The 

 grange;" and March 20, on "Capital and labor on the 

 farm," "Salt hay; its composition and uses," "Remi- 

 niscences of the West" and " Market gardening." 



MARTHA'S VINEYARD AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Incorporated 1859, Acts of 1859, chapter 33. 



Originally raised by contribution $4,552.17; now has 

 $4,246.66 invested as a capital stock in real estate, notes, 

 bank funds, crockery, tables, etc. Total assets, $4,374.89 : 

 real estate, $2,750; notes, $500; bank funds, $796.66; 

 crockery, tables, etc., $200; bills due and unpaid, $11.50; 

 cash on hand, $116.73. Liabilities amount to $18 in pre- 

 miums due and unpaid. Receipts in 1895, $1,263.91 : 

 bounty, $600; notes, $30; bank funds, $27.62; new mem- 

 bers, $34; other sources, $572.29. Expenditures in 1895, 

 $1,187.69 : premiums and gratuities paid, $665.27 ; current 

 running expenses, $257.38 ; other expenses, $265.04. The 

 society offered $728.50 in premiums, awarded $683.27 in 

 premiums and gratuities and paid $665.27, which went to 6 

 towns. Fifty-six persons received premiums and 155 gra- 

 tuities. Under head of forms $6 was awarded and paid ; 

 under farm and pet stock $239.25 was awarded and paid; 

 under field and garden crops $80.25 was awarded and $70.25 



